Chul Beom Park examines the viewable evidence, the hidden sociological influences of cultural identity, and both the literal and the figurative projection of media manipulation in our lives in this installation of works at Caos on F.  Juxtaposing the politics and patriotism reflected in monuments to great events and ideas with the human conflicts and fragility shrouded beneath these resilient and timeless symbols, Chul distills many conflicting emotions into subtle, elegant creations, both beautiful in their simplicity and brimming with a myriad of finely crafted details. Park has created three-dimensional mixed media pieces which combine traditional oil painting, printmaking, bookmaking and collage with innovative visual projections.  He arranges and combines intriguing images with a larger narrative that only comes together when all the pieces that make up the puzzle are revealed.

Park states, “I am interested in how dissimilar images can be forced together to create a different reading; how multiple and seemingly unrelated images and clearly objective documents can be controlled through the process of editing and deleting, conjuring alternative readings and beliefs from factual historical documents.”